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Activity name

MERCK & CO INC (CHEMICAL CONTROL SITE)

Case number

02-1989-0377

Case name

MERCK & CO INC (CHEMICAL CONTROL SITE)

Region code

02

Fiscal year

1989

Activity type code

JDC

Activity type desc

Judicial

Activity status code

CNC

Activity status desc

Concluded

Activity status date

1994-05-04

Lead agency

EPA

Case status date

1994-05-04

Doj docket number

90-11-2-293A

Enforcement outcome code

ECR

Enforcement outcome desc

Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery

Total cost recovery

397000.0

Hq division

CER

Branch

NJSUP

Voluntary self disclosure

false

Multimedia flag

false

Summary text

SUPPORT ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CHEMICAL CONTROL SUPERFUND SITE, A CERCLA NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST SITE LOCATED IN ELIZABETH, NJ. THE SITE IS A DEFUNCT CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITY OPERATED BY THE CHEMICAL CONTROL CORPORATION FROM 1970 UNTIL 1978. THE FACILITY WAS RAVAGED BY FIRE AND EXPLOSION IN 1980, WHICH RESULTED IN THE RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND CREATED THE CONTAMI- NATED SOIL AND GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS PRESENTLY AT THE SITE. EPA HAS PERFORMED A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND CHOSE AN APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL ALTERNATIVE IN A ROD IN 1987. REPS FROM EPA REGION II AND DOJ HAVE INITIATED ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH PRPS FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE RD/RA AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR PAST FEDERAL EXPENDITURES AT THE SITE. APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THE 276 PRPS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A DE MINIMIS SETTLEMENT. ON 10/23/90, THE CONSENT DECREE EMBODYING THE SETTLEMENT WAS LODGED WITH THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF NEW JERSEY. PRIOR TO THAT ON 9/21 FILED COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE SETTLING PRPS AND EIGHT NON-SETTLING PRPS. CONSENT DECREE AND AMENDMENT HAS BEEN ENTERED CD#02-92-C007

Created at

2026-10-02T02:02:59.061315+00:00

Updated at

2026-10-02T02:02:59.061315+00:00

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